Shipping-case



Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

' R. J. BOYD.

SHIPPING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.22. |917.

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2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

ROGER J." BoYD; or ciiIoAGo,l ILLINOIS, CARSON PIRIE scorri1 aooixiriiitx, or cnicas T f ILLINOIS.

specication of Letters Patent.

Application led August 22, 1917.` Serial No. 187,642.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ROGER J. BOYD, a citi;

zenv of the United States,.re'siding at'Chi'- cago, in the county ofCook and-State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shipping-Cases, of.`

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in packing boxes.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a packing case inwhich glasses may be safely packed for shipment, or delivery, in whichsuch construction is embodied as will securely retain the glasses inposition in the box or case, maintaining them in definite, separatedpositions, and preventing contact with the sides, ends and top of thebox, and between the glasses.

Other objects and advantages of the in-v vention will become apparent inthe course of the following description.

I prefer to make the boxes or cases lof heavy paper, strawboard, or thelike, since the material has, for these purposes, come into very generaluse, and are found to meet satisfactorily, the exigencies and conditionsof packing and shipping.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box with the topflaps thrown back, to show the formation of the tray showing thedrinking glasses therein.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the tray removed from the case.

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view showing the retainingsections holdingv meral 1 represents the box orcase, which is of arectangular form and comprises the ends 2, sides 3, bottom 4, andendflaps 5, and side flaps 6, which flaps form the cover or top of the box,all of which is of the usual construction, and the iaps are held closed`by adhesive strips.

Placed in the bottom ofthe box is a retaining or cushioning section 7,which comprises a top 8 having the side and end flaps 9 extendingdownwardly, whereby it is supported some distance above the bottom 4 ofthe box, and said section being of a contour corresponding to that ofthe box. The glass holding tray 9 consists of the main body portion 10,having end flaps 11 and side flaps 12, which extend downwardly and restupon the section 7- or could extend downwardly between said section andthe sides of the box. By this structure, it is seen that the tray can besupportedV a lproper distance above the section to properly hold theglasses, as will be hereinafter'more fully described.

The top 10 of the tray 9l is provided with a series of openings 13 of asize to receive the glasses when laidk on the side, and each opening, atone end, is provided with an inwardly extending tongue 14, formedintegral with the top 10. As shown in Fig. l of the drawings, the tongueextends into the glass portation. Within the box, above the trayPaten-ted Sept. 7, 1920.y

is placed a retaining or cushioning section f 14', which comprises abottom 15, sides and ends 16 and 17, and constructed in precisely thesame manner as the section 7 but is placed in the box in an invertedposition, j ust the oppositie from that of the section 7 The y bottom 15of this cushioning section 14 is provided with an elongated hole,through l which the fingers may be passed, vfor removing the section outof the box.

In packing the glasses, the cushioning or retaining section 7 is firstplaced in the bottom of the box, and the glass holding tray placedtherein, with the ends and sides 11 and 12 resting upon the top of thesection 7.v

The glasses are then placed in the openings 13, with the tongues 14entering the glasses, whereby they are held firmly within the opening.If the glasses are very small, they ends and the sides 11 and 12 ofthetray, are forced downwardly between the sides of the section 7 and thesides of the box, so that the glasses in resting upon the section 7,will assume a horizontal position. The retaining or cushioning section14 is then placed in the box, with the bottom 15 resting on the glasses,thus'firmly holding the same against vertical movement. The closingflaps of the c box are then folded over upon the sides andv ends of theupper retaining section to prevent any vertical movement thereof, thusfirmly holding the glasses in position.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim is The combination witha box, of'a cushion-v ing section in the bottom of the box, a trayformed of a top, sides and ends, said rsides and ends resting on the.cushioning section,

the top ofl the trvay having elongated openings, tongues formed integralwith the. top..

and extending inwardly from one end of the openings` and adapted toenter the glasses within the openings, and a' cushioning sectionrabovethe tray and resting upon the glasses.

ln testimony whereof I aix my signature iii-presence of two witnesses. l

Y ROGER J. BOIYB; Y Witnesses: d i GEORGE HANTRICK, CHARLES H. PHILP.

